California Supreme Court
Jan. 2, 2008
Inquiring Minds Want to Know Why Jurists Recuse Themselves
SAN FRANCISCO - When a spate of recusals led the California Supreme Court to dismiss a long-standing appeal in November, the justices voluntarily revealed why they had taken themselves off the case. Four of the seven members of the high court owned stock in the oil-company defendants that benefited when the dismissal brought an abrupt end to the series of toxic torts known as the Lockheed Litigation Cases.
By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - When a spate of recusals led the California Supreme Court to dismiss a long-standing appeal in November, the justices voluntarily revealed why they had taken themselves off the case.
Four of the seven members of the high court owned stock in the oil-company defendants that benefited when the dismissal brought an abrupt end t...
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - When a spate of recusals led the California Supreme Court to dismiss a long-standing appeal in November, the justices voluntarily revealed why they had taken themselves off the case.
Four of the seven members of the high court owned stock in the oil-company defendants that benefited when the dismissal brought an abrupt end t...
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